Posted by rose45 on May 3, 2013, at 17:11:22
In reply to Re: Nardil agitation, depression, suicidal thoughts, posted by Daniell on May 2, 2013, at 22:14:36
The standard way of augmenting nardil, is to start with 15 mg, after one week increase to 30,then after another week to 45,and then after one week to 60 mg. I often found 60 mg pretty unbearable, but they kept me on that dose for 4 weeks appr. and then reduced to 45 mg. This is how they did it in the maudsley hospital in london, which is the leading psychiatric hospital in this country.
I went through that process several times, because , as I mentioned, I kept trying to decrease the dose, because of all the side effects, and because I was feeling so much better - but unfortunately most of the time I had to keep on a maintenance dose of 45 mg. During the last 5 years I was on nardil, I managed to feel good on just 30 mg, I was meditating a lot etc.... however at the end of the 5 years the nardil stopped working and I had a horrendous six months figuring out what to do next. I am now on parnate and feeling much better again.
I will be happy to answer any other questions you may have. I was on nardil for 22 years, so know quite a lot about how it works, for me anyway.
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